Mercenaries (basketball)

Mercenaries is a basketball club based in Mutare, Zimbabwe. Since 2006, the team has competed in the Manicaland Basketball Association (MBA), winning a league championship in each season.

Mercenaries
Leagues	Manicaland Basketball Association
Founded	2004; 21 years ago (2004)
Location	Mutare, Zimbabwe
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Head coach	Innocent Sithole
Championships	1 National Championship 13 Manicaland League
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History

Mercenaries was founded in 2004 by a group of friends from Mutare, led by Innocent Sithole, who hoped to make money playing together in basketball tournaments. In 2006, the club joined the Manicaland Basketball Association (MBA). Since then, it has won 13 consecutive league titles without losing a single game.^[1]

In 2019, Mercenaries won its first National Basketball Club Championship, becoming the first team from outside Harare and Bulawayo to do so.^[2]

Honours

Zimbabwe National Championship

• Champions (1): 2019

Manicaland Basketball Association

• Champions (13): 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

In African competitions

BAL Qualifiers (1 appearance)

2020 – First Round

Personnel

Current roster

The following is the Mercenaries roster for the 2020 BAL Qualifying Tournaments:^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Mercenaries roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name 2 Jumburu, Timothy PG 5 Chitsinde, Tawanda G 8 Njovo, Tinashe 10 Muchakubvura, Peterson 11 Sanyatwe, Trevor-Joe 12 Sithole, Innocent 14 Pfachi, Dyvonne C 15 Chivanganye, Neville SG 21 Maturure, Tatenda 23 Dowera, Tanaka 35 Tswatswa, Tatenda	Head coach Innocent Sithole Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 2 November 2019

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

• Tatenda Maturure